Links for you. Science:
This cutting-edge clock relies on an element you’ve never heard of
Zika fears spur a booming market for questionable products
Mash: fast genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash
Federal panel approves first use of CRISPR in humans
The Grackle’s Secret to Success
Other:
After this vote the UK is diminished, our politics poisoned
Here’s Every Way This Year’s STAAR Test Screwed Texas Schools (So Far)
Uprising in the Rust Belt: They used to be Democrats. Now they really could hand Donald Trump the White House
Nevada Reporter Who Falsely Claimed Sanders Supporters Threw Chairs Just Got What He Deserves
I want my country back
Five things progressives need to do to rebound from the Brexit disaster
America Has a Republican Problem — and the Media Is Partly to Blame
Neera and Me: Two Theses about the American Ruling Class and One About Neera Tanden
When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers
The English have placed a bomb under the Irish peace process
‘Citizens of the World’? Nice Thought, But …
Brexit — The Ultimate “Triumph” Of Voter-As-Consumer
‘You are a coward’: Hate and misperceptions about substance abuse are broader than I thought
It’s come to this: Mayor feels compelled to issue statement that he doesn’t want to destroy Boston Latin School
The Political Movement that Dared not Speak its own Name: The Neoliberal Thought Collective Under Erasure (pdf)
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